This is a photograph taken by my brother during practice day at the British Grand Prix meeting at Silverstone in July 1956.
It's French racing driver Jean Behra beside the Maserati 250F that he drove in the race. Officine Alfieri Maserati entered four cars for the race to be driven by Stirling Moss, Jean Behra, Cesare Perdisa and Paco Godia, and there were also seven privately entered Maserati 250Fs. Stirling Moss retired from the race but Jean Behra finished in third place behind the Lancia-Ferraris of Juan Fangio and Peter Collins. The other two works cars and two of the privately entered Maserati 250Fs finished in the first eight in the race, the fourth place finisher being Jack Fairman in a Connaught B-Type. Jean Behra ended the season in fourth place in the World Drivers' Championship behind Juan Fangio, Stirling Moss and Peter Collins.
On 10 July 2016 I showed a photograph that I had taken of Jean Behra at Aintree in 1958.
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